46The Court has interpreted the concept of ‘irregularity’, as referred to in Article 1(2) of that regulation, as covering not only any infringement of a provision of EU law resulting from an act or an omission by an economic operator which has, or would have, the effect of prejudicing the general budget of the Union by attributing an unjustified item of expenditure thereto, but also infringements of provisions of national law which are applicable to operations supported by a fund, such as provisions determining the conditions for eligibility for the grant of aid (see, by analogy, judgments of 26 May 2016, Județul Neamț and Județul Bacău, C‑260/14 and C‑261/14, EU:C:2016:360, paragraphs 36, 37 and 43, and of 1 October 2020, Elme Messer Metalurgs, C‑743/18, EU:C:2020:767, paragraphs 52, 53 and 63).
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